November Writing Prompts in Traditional & Real-World formats such as field guides, comic strips, newspapers, cookbook pages, biographies, and more! Engage your young authors in writing for the 3 English Language Arts common core text purposes: Opinion, Narrative, and Informative in these engagi

This product is a book study appropriate for late first grade or early second. It can be used as an independent book study or in a guided reading group as well.
The activities are based on the following 3 books:
* Danny and the Dinosaur
* Happy Birthday, Danny and the Dinosaur
* Danny and the Dinos

This is a resource for teaching and reinforcing each of the six traits of writing. It is perfect to add to students' writing notebooks and to use all year long. Use these sheets to teach all of the Common Core writing standards in context.
Included, you will find:
*A monster-themed writing notebo

close reading
This is a set of close reading visuals for display and distribution to your students. This was designed specifically for kindergarten classrooms, however it can be used in other cases . Teachers can use these close reading posters to guide their students to think and focus on particu

Craft & Style made easy with this set of bookmarks and poster! This product includes 4 tools that are ready-to-print and available in 3 sizes! This product covers six types of narrative craft and style lenses with visuals, guiding questions, and brief explanations. Materials cover topics like...

This unit is for the book The Girl Who Never Made Mistakes by Mark Pett and Gary Rubinstein.
Literature Foundations was developed out of the need to incorporate the love of literature and teach fundamental skills at the same time. I have coordinated these skills to the Common Core State Standards

Share a fiction title with your students for 3 days along with a nonfiction close reading article. The reading portion of this program is set up to take 20-30 minutes a day. This allows you to incorporate guided reading groups into your day. The writing portion should be given additional time. Ai

Share a fiction title with your students for 3 days along with a nonfiction close reading article. The reading portion of this program is set up to take 20-30 minutes a day. This allows you to incorporate guided reading groups into your day. The writing portion should be given additional time. Ai

Reward children's achieved reading goals using our fun travel activity that also promotes reflective writing. Children can use the included bookmarks to not only keep their place in books, but define and utilize challenging words, set, track and meet reading goals and show their understanding of the

Share a fiction title with your students along with a nonfiction close reading article. The reading portion of this program is set up to take 20-30 minutes a day. This allows you to incorporate guided reading groups into your day. The writing portion should be given additional time. Aim to have 3

These are great for the kids to use when they are reading to identify which figurative language they are reading or they are a great cheat sheet to use when writing.
You can print in color or black/white to save ink. Let the kids color their own.
I would recommend printing on card stock and then

This unit bundles ALL my poetry items into one and includes BONUS material!
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This Poetry Unit helps the teacher familiarize their students with a variety of poetry styles before asking the students to analyze a handful of

This writing bundle has 15 weeks of writer's workshop lesson plans. The units in this bundle cover poetry, personal narrative, and fictional narrative. Students will have ample opportunities to learn and use the writing process. No need to spend time cutting and pasting, just give the students

Creative writing that works! This bundle has 12 + weeks of writer's workshop lesson plans. The units in this bundle cover poetry, personal narrative, and fiction narrative. Over 30 Common Core standards are covered. Students will have ample opportunities to learn and use the writing process. No

This comprehensive Creative Writing Combo Pack has 10 + weeks over of engaging lesson plans to make writing poetry, personal narratives, and fiction narratives fun. Language, writing, and reading common core standards are integrated throughout each unit.
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Sarah Morton is a nine year old Pilgrim girl and her daily life is very different from a child today! The photos and text help students understand how a Pilgrim child lived. This unit contains teaching suggestions, 5 pages for students to use as they read to record details of Sarah Morton's day a

I love the photographs in Samuel Eaton's day to help students understand the difference in their lives today and the life of a Pilgrim child. This unit contains teaching suggestions, 5 pages for students to use as they read to record details of Samuel Eaton's day and their own days, a writing page

I love the photographs in Tapenum's day to help students understand the difference in their lives today and the life of a Wampanoag Indian child. This unit contains teaching suggestions, 5 pages for students to use as they read to record details of Tapenum's day and their own days, a writing page

Good endings in narrative writing are an important strategy! In this unit, students will read books with great endings and discuss what makes them great, understand different types of endings, revise writing to improve the endings, and try out good endings in their own writing. Activities are hands-

This set of lesson plans, resources, and activities is for use with “Doctor De Soto” by William Steig. It can be used for whole group, small group, and independent instruction – which makes these resources a smart choice for literacy centers or Reader’s Workshop.
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Good beginnings in narrative writing are an important strategy! In this unit, students will read books with great beginnings and discuss what makes them great, understand different types of beginnings, revise writing to improve the beginnings, and try out good beginnings in their own writing. Activi

Earth Day Printable Activity Set - Sorting, Games, and Posters
Teach your young students about Earth Day with this fun set of printables! This product includes everything you will need to teach your students about keeping their earth clean, how to recycle, and the meaning behind Earth Day! This set